Council in 'late-stage negotiations' over future of Manchester's dilapidated ex-shopping centre
manchestereveningnews.co.ukNegotiations to start the redevelopment of the former Central Retail Park are in their final stages, the council has announced.
The former retail park, which closed for good in 2019, has been subject to a long-running dispute over its future — with campaigners calling for the 10-and-a-half acre site to be turned into a park after it was proposed to temporarily become a car park.
However, the town hall has rejected calls for it to become parkland. Instead, the authority has chosen to use the land for a complex of offices with green spaces open to the public in the same site.
This plan, which was agreed in March 2023, is now close to becoming a reality after council bosses announced on Friday (January 12) they were ‘in late-stage negotiations to begin the redevelopment of part of the former retail park by the Government Property Agency (GPA)’. Try MEN Premium now with our amazing New Year offer...
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